Person:Joseph Riggs (4)

Joseph Riggs was born at Basking Ridge, N.J., April 24, 1740. He was a farmer, and bought from his father, David the farm upon which he lived and died. He spent one summer clearing up a piece of land and raised a crop on it, before he was married. The next year he married Leah Cosad, daughter of Jacob Cosad, of Sussex County, N. J. She was of the true Dutch stock, born July 8, 1743, and died February 27, 1827. He was energetic and successful, and was a leading man in his vicinity. He was not a member of the church, but for many years was a frequent attendant, with his family, at the Presbyterian Church at Cranbury, where he was laid by the side of his wife Leah, February 26, 1829. He is generally classified as the head of the Hightstown branch of the family.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family (1901, New York).